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10 Best French Movies Ranked by GoodScore

February 07, 2026 5 min read

French cinema defined arthouse filmmaking. But the best French films aren't just for cinephiles — they're for anyone who loves great stories. Ranked by GoodScore.

How GoodScore works: We combine ratings from IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB into a single 0-100 score. Higher = better. No single platform bias.

1
Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

2023 · 2h 31m

Thriller, Mystery, Crime

84
GoodScore

A woman is suspected of her husband's murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.

Amazon Prime Video
2
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Portrait of a Lady on Fire

2019 · 2h 1m · Dir. Céline Sciamma

Drama, Romance

80
GoodScore

On an isolated island in Brittany at the end of the eighteenth century, a female painter is obliged to paint a wedding portrait of a young woman.

Amazon Prime Video
3
Léon: The Professional

Léon: The Professional

1994 · 1h 51m · Dir. Luc Besson

Crime, Drama, Action

78
GoodScore

Léon, the top hit man in New York, has earned a rep as an effective "cleaner". But when his next-door neighbors are wiped out by a loose-cannon DEA agent, he becomes the unwilling custodian of 12-year-old Mathilda. Before long, Mathilda's...

Amazon Prime Video
4
Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir

2015

Action & Adventure, Animation, Kids

77
GoodScore

Marinette and Adrien, two Parisian teenagers, are entrusted with powerful jewels in order to transform into superheroes Ladybug and Cat Noir. But neither hero knows the other's true identity — or that they're classmates!

Netflix
5
The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

2024 · 2h 58m · Dir. Alexandre de La Patellière

Adventure, Action, Drama

77
GoodScore

Edmond Dantès becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich...

Amazon Prime Video
6
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024 · 2h 47m · Dir. Mohammad Rasoulof

Drama, Thriller, Crime

76
GoodScore

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain family ties as societal rules crumble.

Amazon Prime Video
7
The Summit of the Gods

The Summit of the Gods

2021 · 1h 35m

Animation, Adventure, Mystery

76
GoodScore

A photojournalist's obsessive quest for the truth about the first expedition to Mt. Everest leads him to search for an esteemed climber who went missing.

Netflix
8
Nikita

Nikita

1990 · 1h 57m · Dir. Luc Besson

Action, Thriller

76
GoodScore

A beautiful felon, sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a policeman, is given a second chance – as a secret political assassin controlled by the government.

Amazon Prime Video
9
The Beasts

The Beasts

2022 · 2h 18m · Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen

Thriller, Drama

75
GoodScore

Antoine and Olga, a French couple, have been living in a small village in Galicia for a long time. They practice eco-responsible agriculture and restore abandoned houses to facilitate repopulation. Everything should be idyllic except for their opposition to a...

Amazon Prime Video
10
I Lost My Body

I Lost My Body

2019 · 1h 21m · Dir. Jérémy Clapin

Animation, Drama, Fantasy

75
GoodScore

A story of Naoufel, a young man who is in love with Gabrielle. In another part of town, a severed hand escapes from a dissection lab, determined to find its body again.

Netflix

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